Color

#283ddc

#283ddc
hex#283ddc
rgbrgb(40, 61, 220)
hslhsl(233, 72%, 51%)
oklchoklch(0.468 0.238 268.1)
Closest name: Lapis on Neptune (#1f22d2)Relative luminance 0.0896

Colors that go with #283ddc

Charcoal, Sea Green and Amber lead the list. Each partner is a real named colour with the reason it works — a wheel relationship, a neutral that carries it, or a pairing lifted from a palette or brand system that actually shipped — and every pair opens in the palette tool.

Tints & shades

Every swatch is its own page — click any to analyze it.

Harmonies

Complementary

Open in tool →

#dcc728

#2897dc · #6d28dc

#dc283d · #3ddc28

Split-complementary

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#dc6d28 · #97dc28

#dc2897 · #dcc728 · #28dc6d

Contrast

#283ddc as textRatioAAAA largeAAAFix
Aaon white
7.52:1passpasspassPasses AAA — no fix needed.
Aaon black
2.79:1failfailfail
  • AA: use #5869e4 as the text (4.56:1)
  • AAA: use #8490eb as the text (7.17:1)
  • AA: or shift the background to #c9c9c9 (4.54:1)
  • AAA: or shift the background to #f7f7f7 (7.02:1)

Fixes keep hue and saturation and move lightness only, so the suggestion stays on-brand. Ratios are symmetric: the same numbers apply with #283ddc as the background.

Brands using this color

Fonts for this mood

#283ddc reads as cool, vivid, technical. The font library is tagged with the same vocabulary:

mcpConnect your agent — build around #283ddc
live endpoint

Point any MCP client at the shared colors endpoint and your agent gets the same engine as this page — direct_palette, edit_direction, check_palette, check_contrast — read-only, no key. Every direction it proposes comes with a /colors/d/… link: open it, lock what you like, paste the link back, and the agent edits rather than re-rolls.

endpointhttps://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
claude mcp add --transport http brandsweets-colors https://mcp.brandsweets.com/colors/mcp
try this prompt

analyze #283ddc and generate a 5-color palette that keeps it as the primary; give me the /palettes/new link

tool url/palettes/new/283ddc-9c9cc4-df884e-241f2d-e9eef1?lock=0&style=vibrant

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Machine-readable: color.md